_Authorities._--Town and Probate Records at Deep River; gravestone at Westbrook; _Early Connecticut Marriages_, by F. W. Bailey; _The Baldwin Genealogy_; _Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution_; United States Pension Records as given by Commissioner Evans. BENJAMIN^{3} PLANT--LORANA BECKWITH. Benjamin^{3} Plant, son of John^{2} and Hannah (Whedon) Plant (John^{1}), born, about 1732, at Branford; died August 11, 1808, aged 76; married (1), April 5, 1758 (by Rev. Philemon Robbins), Lorana Beckwith, of Lyme, Connecticut; born about 1736; died March 16, 1789, aged 53; married (2), June 17, 1790, Abigail Palmer; married (3), December 6, 1797, Lois Frisbie. He lived in Branford and his children were born there. _See page 315._ I. Hannah^{4} Plant, born January 26, 1759; baptized April 25, 1759; married, June 30, 1779, John Russell. II. John^{4} Plant, born December 1, 1761; baptized January 17, 1762; removed to Seneca Lake, New York; was twice married but left no children. III. Benjamin^{4} Plant, born October 1, 1763; died 1812; married, 1787, Lucinda Potter, daughter of Captain Stephen and Sarah (Lindley) Potter; born April 4, 1767, at Branford; died June 26, 1848. They removed to Utica, New York, about 1795. 1. Sally^{5} Plant, born 1790; died 1808. 2. Stephen^{5} Plant, died 1793. 3. Benjamin^{5} Plant, born April 28, 1794; died August 7, 1876; married, April 7, 1823, Sarah Mason, daughter of Arnold and Mercy Mason, 1798-1879. 4. James^{5} Plant, born June 16, 1798; died January 5, 1860; married, November 27, 1833, Hannah A. Mason, daughter of Arnold and Mercy Mason; born 1812. 5. John^{5} Plant, born June 16, 1789; died young. 6. Mary Eliza^{5} Plant, born June 9, 1800; died March 1, 1886; married, September 9, 1820, Roswell Keeler, son of Timothy and Luranay (DeForest) Keeler; 1791-1864. 7. Frederick^{5} Plant, born April 27, 1810; died January 31, 1884. IV. Anderson^{4} Plant, born November 18, 1765; baptized November 24, 1765; was drowned in the Susquehanna River at the age of about 25.[17] V. Lorana^{4} Plant, baptized August 30, 1767; married Henry Garret and went to Trenton Falls, New York. Their son Orrin Garret was a printer, and one of the early missionaries to the Sandwich Islands. VI. Peggy^{4} Plant, born May 26, 1769; baptized June 4, 1769; married, March 23, 1793, Jonathan Frisbie. VII. Samuel^{4} Plant, born April 1, 1772; baptized April 12, 1772; died July 29, 1862, aged 90; married, February 11, 1795, Sarah Frisbie; born May 15, 1774; died August 25, 1841, aged 67. _Account continued on page 324._ VIII. Elias^{4} Plant, baptized August 7, 1774; married (1), March 31, 1799, Ruhama Hall, daughter of Elias and Ruhama Hall, and widow of Thomas Trowbridge; born January 16, 1776; married (2), November 10, 1843, Lydia Linsley. _Account continued on page 325._